New Year....new ???

I am not one for New Year's resolutions. Unfortunately, I am one of those people that as soon as i think I can't have something I want it even more. So, I am going the other way. Not necessarily things that I can't have, but maybe things that I would like to be better at.

Exercise:
Yep, can't even touch this one. After being on crutches for over 7 weeks I am still the household "hop-a-long" and I just can't even begin to think of running around. I am just ecstatic at the thought of being able to walk up the stairs!

Blog:
Boy, have I been terrible. Sometimes I feel like there is something that I want to say, but not really sure how it would go over, so I don't say anything. Maybe I should also start a computer diary that is password protected so I can't still get it out. Hmmmm. But, I would like to try harder at adding to this blog.

Listening:
I am trying to figure out at what point in my life I went from being the one that listened to the one that won't stop talking. I hate this about myself. I can even hear myself inside my head yelling at my mouth to stop. I have even had a lady at work tell me that I talk too much! Gonna really try and work on this one, so if I have talked your ear off....give me the look, I will get it.

My boys:
Our boys have gotten to the age where they are so very independent. But I have been internally arguing with myself about that. Not about letting them be independent, but about remembering that as they get older they still need time with me/us. That just because they CAN be independent doesn't mean that they SHOULD be.

Myself:
I will remember that God made me first. He didn't make me a wife, mother, friend, or para first. He made me. So I have to remember that I need to take time for me. I downloaded a Bible app to my IPod & I am going to try to read the daily verse. Really? How hard is that? How hard is praying for friends and family? Not just when they need it, but when they think that they don't. I will take time out. To read, to pray, to be me, to be a friend, to be a girl (in a world of boys), to just be.

May all of your new year's ideas take flight,
Chell